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Sun, 02 Aug 2015 18:01:02 +0000en-UShourly1Will New Apple, Cisco Announcements Accelerate Digital Learning?http://blogs.cisco.com/education/will-new-apple-cisco-announcements-accelerate-digital-learning
http://blogs.cisco.com/education/will-new-apple-cisco-announcements-accelerate-digital-learning#commentsTue, 01 May 2012 20:13:39 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=67592 In the wake of the Apple iBooks announcement back in January, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan quickly called on USA schools to fully deploy digital textbooks by 2017 . To any observer of the glacial speed of digital conversion in our schools today, this goal seems aggressive. What could help speed up the pace of these conversions? Well for one, large technology companies. Owning diverse school curriculum and procurement customer relationships by the thousands, broad product lines, large-scale resources, partnerships, and professional services support, [...]]]>http://blogs.cisco.com/education/will-new-apple-cisco-announcements-accelerate-digital-learning/feed1Digital Promise Team Pushes Aggressive Agenda For Learninghttp://blogs.cisco.com/education/digital-promise-team-pushes-aggressive-agenda-for-learning
http://blogs.cisco.com/education/digital-promise-team-pushes-aggressive-agenda-for-learning#commentsWed, 21 Mar 2012 10:15:25 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=64007get digital textbooks in students’ hands by the year 2017. Prompted by countries like South Korea and Uruguay – which have made similar moves – the Obama administration is seeking to create momentum on this key topic. Yet when we look around us, most educators and superintendents in the U.S. are left scratching our collective heads as we witness our glacial progress toward fully [...]]]>http://blogs.cisco.com/education/digital-promise-team-pushes-aggressive-agenda-for-learning/feed1Cookbook For BYOD & Virtualization in Schools: “Teaching 24 X 7…”http://blogs.cisco.com/education/cookbook-for-byod-virtualization-in-schools-teaching-24-x-7%e2%80%a6
http://blogs.cisco.com/education/cookbook-for-byod-virtualization-in-schools-teaching-24-x-7%e2%80%a6#commentsWed, 14 Mar 2012 16:33:56 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=63476 Special guest interview with Charlie Kanavel, CEO of The Kanavel Group; former Director, Technology, Campbell Union High School District – Campbell, CA Mr. Kanavel is CEO of The Kanavel Group, a consulting and services firm focused on technology in government and education. The Kanavel Group specializes in taking clients from “WOW” to “HOW”, merging cutting edge technology with its clients long term strategic objectives. As the Director of Technology at Campbell Union High School District, he was responsible for notable [...]]]>http://blogs.cisco.com/education/cookbook-for-byod-virtualization-in-schools-teaching-24-x-7%e2%80%a6/feed0Minnesota Leads the Way in Rural Schools Innovationhttp://blogs.cisco.com/education/minnesota-leads-the-way-in-rural-schools-innovation
http://blogs.cisco.com/education/minnesota-leads-the-way-in-rural-schools-innovation#commentsFri, 09 Mar 2012 17:15:30 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=62951Itasca Schools — in the very rural outstretches of [...]]]>http://blogs.cisco.com/education/minnesota-leads-the-way-in-rural-schools-innovation/feed2What Really Matters in K-12 Teaching and Learning? “Getting Beyond Folklore”http://blogs.cisco.com/education/what-really-matters-in-k-12-teaching-and-learning-%e2%80%9cgetting-beyond-folklore%e2%80%9d
http://blogs.cisco.com/education/what-really-matters-in-k-12-teaching-and-learning-%e2%80%9cgetting-beyond-folklore%e2%80%9d#commentsMon, 30 Jan 2012 19:17:40 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=58809http://blogs.cisco.com/education/what-really-matters-in-k-12-teaching-and-learning-%e2%80%9cgetting-beyond-folklore%e2%80%9d/feed1BYOD or 1:1 Computing in K-12? The CTO’s Weigh In…http://blogs.cisco.com/education/byod-11-computing-in-k-12-the-ctos-weigh-in
http://blogs.cisco.com/education/byod-11-computing-in-k-12-the-ctos-weigh-in#commentsTue, 24 Jan 2012 23:09:32 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=58102announcement last week, we are now likely to see more acceleration of the spread of new student devices. Is this major announcement by the company that rapidly transformed computing, music and mobility the boost schools need to drive toward the promise of digital technology for all students? And what’s the resulting impact on device and computing trends in K-12? On the topic of devices, we asked two [...]]]>http://blogs.cisco.com/education/byod-11-computing-in-k-12-the-ctos-weigh-in/feed0The League of Innovative Schools Frames up at Mooresville (1 of 2)http://blogs.cisco.com/education/the-league-of-innovative-schools-frames-up-at-mooresville-1-of-2
http://blogs.cisco.com/education/the-league-of-innovative-schools-frames-up-at-mooresville-1-of-2#commentsWed, 07 Dec 2011 02:00:14 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=53763League of Innovative Schools ” framed up last week in Mooresville, North Carolina. A new group emanating from the recently announced White House-backed Digital Promise team – the League met to review core challenges, establish a charter, and get after answers to tough questions on how to streamline “outcome difference-makers” in school technology identification and deployment. The result? A promising beginning, [...]]]>http://blogs.cisco.com/education/the-league-of-innovative-schools-frames-up-at-mooresville-1-of-2/feed0Tiny Mooresville Grabs White House Stagehttp://blogs.cisco.com/education/tiny-mooresville-grabs-white-house-stage
http://blogs.cisco.com/education/tiny-mooresville-grabs-white-house-stage#commentsFri, 30 Sep 2011 17:53:42 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=44284Mooresville , in implementing technology that has so changed students lives?” The question was posed by Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Policy in the Office of Science and Technology. Kalil was moderating a panel of distinguished educators and technologists – and the venue? A White House conference called on creating more access for technology in US K-12 schools. I was not at all surprised to see [...]]]>http://blogs.cisco.com/education/tiny-mooresville-grabs-white-house-stage/feed4The Superintendents Speak Up – Mooresville Concludes “Summer Connection 2011”http://blogs.cisco.com/education/the-superintendents-speak-up-%e2%80%93-mooresville-concludes-%e2%80%9csummer-connection-2011%e2%80%9d
http://blogs.cisco.com/education/the-superintendents-speak-up-%e2%80%93-mooresville-concludes-%e2%80%9csummer-connection-2011%e2%80%9d#commentsThu, 21 Jul 2011 23:54:37 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=37759Mooresville Graded School District (MGSD), in North Carolina. Mooresville is one [...]]]>http://blogs.cisco.com/education/the-superintendents-speak-up-%e2%80%93-mooresville-concludes-%e2%80%9csummer-connection-2011%e2%80%9d/feed2Teachers Speak Up at Mooresville Schools’ Summer Connectionshttp://blogs.cisco.com/education/the-teachers-speak-up-mooresville-schools-summer-connections-2011
http://blogs.cisco.com/education/the-teachers-speak-up-mooresville-schools-summer-connections-2011#commentsThu, 21 Jul 2011 01:37:41 +0000http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=37490Digital Conversion ”. The setting? The Mooresville Graded School District (MGSD) “Summer Connections 2011” program, a three day symposium aimed at helping other school districts understand what and how Mooresville has changed their district’s future through the use of implementing technology on a well-planned, thoughtful scale. It even caught the attention of the U.S. Department of [...]]]>http://blogs.cisco.com/education/the-teachers-speak-up-mooresville-schools-summer-connections-2011/feed1